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Once you take in 10 billions then it’s pretty much the opposite, legality is the only things that matter.

>>hcks+(OP)
Did they take a wire transfer for $10bn in cash, now sitting in their bank account? Or did they get a promise of various funding over N years, subject to milestones, conditions, in a variety of media including cash, Azure credits, loan lines etc.

I'd imagine the latter, and that it can be easily yanked away.

>>hcks+(OP)
Depends what you mean. Legally they might be in the clear but guarantee when you fuck around with billions of other people's money, it gets more complicated that that.

>>rich_s+O
You mean the latter, but yeah. Financing like that is doled out based on a number of things; it would be wildly irresponsible to do otherwise for reasons exactly like this.

>>hcks+(OP)
No, that's not it; relationships play gigantic roles in large deals.

Besides, even if you had an outstanding contract for $10bn, a judge would not pull a "well technically, you did say <X> even though that's absurd, so they get all the money and you get nothing."

>>WendyT+B6
Fixed, thanks!